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and i talk about these as a kind of inward turning impact of religion - this is where religion affects experience, it affects the community, and so it's a very - as we've seen - powerful and beautiful part of religion. doctrine is sort of the focal point. i don't want to say it's the center of the course, but it's a very powerful dimension because here's where we move to more of an outward turning force in terms of our six dimensions. religious doctrines, of course - belief and behavior - doctrines impact what people believe, so they behave, or back to our b plus b equals b equation here. so the effect of religious belief on behavior comes right back to the social dimension, and that's that outward turning force that we want to look at today. now moving on to the next graphic here - and jump in with any questions - and you'll see we're moving on to this look at the power of religion and its impact on society. but religious behavior impacts on the social dimension, and that's one of the keys we want to look at. and we've got some very powerful material today on the jonestown situation,
and i talk about these as a kind of inward turning impact of religion - this is where religion affects experience, it affects the community, and so it's a very - as we've seen - powerful and beautiful part of religion. doctrine is sort of the focal point. i don't want to say it's the center of the course, but it's a very powerful dimension because here's where we move to more of an outward turning force in terms of our six dimensions. religious doctrines, of course - belief and behavior -...
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we don't often think of religion that way, but it's fundamental. oh, chris? yes. >> i actually had two questions. you speak of diana? >> yes. >> and you speak of magic. could you tell me some definitions for those two - or talk a little more about that? >> we named our place diana's grove because diana's the goddess of the moon, and i naively hoped that that name would not be frightening, or exclusive. i found that there is no name that i can call anything that doesn't raise some fear or concerns. but it was to honor and recognize the moon. now magic is often defined as the art of changing consciousness at will. and i think the piece of that statement that is most important to understand, it's the art of changing your own consciousness at will, not someone else's at your will. so it's that art. magic is being able to step into a self-created experience, and change the way you see the world through it. magic, to me, is stepping beyond the mundane - it is truly going into the realm of the archetypes. whether we call them gods and goddesses, or whether we call t
we don't often think of religion that way, but it's fundamental. oh, chris? yes. >> i actually had two questions. you speak of diana? >> yes. >> and you speak of magic. could you tell me some definitions for those two - or talk a little more about that? >> we named our place diana's grove because diana's the goddess of the moon, and i naively hoped that that name would not be frightening, or exclusive. i found that there is no name that i can call anything that doesn't...
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just secos organized religion has gone for a long time -- just because organized religion has gone for a long time goes on the people have lost the desire. you have to adapt. you have to respond to the questions people have. there is a correlation between families. we live in this time of more fluidity in religious identity than we have seen in thousands of years. half of americans have changed faith in the course of their lives. 40% of americans are in interfaith marriages. we no longer take religious identity from their parents. what is going on, and they want answers. the answers are no longer just passed on from generation to generation. it is harder for people. if you force your own identity, it can be more personal. admit answering questions and adapting are different things. i get the answer to the question, but there are a lot of people troubled by the fact that religion will adapt itself to suit the needs of the people. those are different things. answering questions is one thing. adapting is another. >> i think what is happening is the home base of religion is shifting. the d
just secos organized religion has gone for a long time -- just because organized religion has gone for a long time goes on the people have lost the desire. you have to adapt. you have to respond to the questions people have. there is a correlation between families. we live in this time of more fluidity in religious identity than we have seen in thousands of years. half of americans have changed faith in the course of their lives. 40% of americans are in interfaith marriages. we no longer take...
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or one religion over one another. asatru believers believe that our religion is fine. your religion is fine. >> guy ratcliffe, who has been practicing asatru for several years, says there is one group who is not welcome. >> if we found out that somebody in the asatru was a child molester, he would be banned from the community. he cannot participate. it's a bylaw. you cannot be a sex offender and be in asatru. >> ratcliffe, who uses another accepted pronunciation of the group's name, defended the fact that some members have swastikas have tattoos on their bodies. >> the swastika was around long before adolf hitler come along. okay? now, i don't have nothing against uncle aadolf. but he took a sun wheel and made it part of his party. it goes back to ancient civilizations. they had a swastika in persia, way before national socialism came along. >> while ratcliffe defended asatru, his comments disturbed murray, who let him know how much when he returned to his cell. >> you just made us look like a bunch of [ bleep ]. >> damn it. i tried to talk about this with you. i swear
or one religion over one another. asatru believers believe that our religion is fine. your religion is fine. >> guy ratcliffe, who has been practicing asatru for several years, says there is one group who is not welcome. >> if we found out that somebody in the asatru was a child molester, he would be banned from the community. he cannot participate. it's a bylaw. you cannot be a sex offender and be in asatru. >> ratcliffe, who uses another accepted pronunciation of the group's...
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so religion was what people did. everyone went to church, and my father was far more conservative than the average person in the town. we were not permitted to wear pants, shorts, no alcohol, no dancing, no musical instruments in our church of christ. in lots of ways i was quiet at home in saudi arabia. [laughter] i devoted my time to trying to figure this country out precisely because i think it is the one arab country that is truly strategic. not only because it is the world's largest exporter of oil, which sustains the western way of life, but because saudi arabia, i am convinced, will be critical in the ultimate resolution of what is the proper islam which is going on now between the radicals, jihadists if you will, and the more modernizing muslims. and that very battle also goes on inside saudi arabia. to try to understand this society, i knew you would like someone coming to to write a book about america, you wouldn't be able to go to washington and new york and claim to understand america. so i had to be confi
so religion was what people did. everyone went to church, and my father was far more conservative than the average person in the town. we were not permitted to wear pants, shorts, no alcohol, no dancing, no musical instruments in our church of christ. in lots of ways i was quiet at home in saudi arabia. [laughter] i devoted my time to trying to figure this country out precisely because i think it is the one arab country that is truly strategic. not only because it is the world's largest...
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seen already some faces of people from different countries and we'll see people from many different religions and, of course, the cardinals, but the two people from religious orders that he has invited to play a part in this mass are the superior general of the jesuits as you would expect and of the franciscans. so he is -- he has -- is honoring st. francis in a variety of ways here. >> as we talk about pope francis and his taking the name to be close to the poor and the people, what we're seeing in the pictures of the dignitaries is that the papacy is a very powerful position in this world, 1.2 billion catholics around the world. he's -- it is a position of enormous influence and sometimes diplomatic power, as well and so i just want to share with you a little bit of who is there for the united states, vice president joe biden is leading the delegation. he's accompanied --s if. >> ands it his saint's day, the feast of st. joseph and house minority leader democratic leader nancy pelosi is there, as well, and you see representatives from gulf states, also, and then from the other religions, fr
seen already some faces of people from different countries and we'll see people from many different religions and, of course, the cardinals, but the two people from religious orders that he has invited to play a part in this mass are the superior general of the jesuits as you would expect and of the franciscans. so he is -- he has -- is honoring st. francis in a variety of ways here. >> as we talk about pope francis and his taking the name to be close to the poor and the people, what...
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religion is a river of gold as the saying goes. we are all it's obvious that when a country's native sons defend it things go better and they're always better than an occupier. and invader always has trouble understanding the country they occupy and as the heir proverb says no one knows the roads of mecca better than its own inhabitants limit that shout i have it if i have it. is this. the main prayer takes place in the hussein most. the interim sermons a political resonance and a broadcast throughout iraq and the shia world and. the shias today are imposing their numbers and their power. in the prayers always end with cries to the glory of the prophet hussein the son of . allegedly designated by mohammed to be is only successor that there's not very. many on under saddam a million she has been detained and many of them are assassinated and thrown into mass graves and. i myself your servant spent twelve years in iraqi jails my family only received news of me one or two years after i was released. i was even afraid of my own brother
religion is a river of gold as the saying goes. we are all it's obvious that when a country's native sons defend it things go better and they're always better than an occupier. and invader always has trouble understanding the country they occupy and as the heir proverb says no one knows the roads of mecca better than its own inhabitants limit that shout i have it if i have it. is this. the main prayer takes place in the hussein most. the interim sermons a political resonance and a broadcast...
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wants the new pope to allow this and to allow that but the problem is that the catholic church is a religion not a product and people don't like the way a pepsi bottle looks while the company will have to in theory change it to meet public demand but the pope claims to represent the will of the creator of the universe the pope supposedly holds and protects an ancient an eternal truth so how can you expect this eternal truth just up and change because of public demand even though they pretend like adult religions do change over time but how can you expect the pope after hundreds of years of saying that people would be condemned to the fires of hell and eternity in a charred walls of the day i'm certain sins just now say well i guess those sins are ok if you are catholic and you want your religion to change constantly then why do you believe in it why bother having principles and rules in the first place supposedly given to you by the almighty if you're just going to change them whenever you feel like it i don't get this but that's just my opinion. they're watching the weekly here and former p
wants the new pope to allow this and to allow that but the problem is that the catholic church is a religion not a product and people don't like the way a pepsi bottle looks while the company will have to in theory change it to meet public demand but the pope claims to represent the will of the creator of the universe the pope supposedly holds and protects an ancient an eternal truth so how can you expect this eternal truth just up and change because of public demand even though they pretend...
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on shia my husband a sunni muslim had now after the war the two religions can't intermarry anymore that at the end of it that's when it wasn't the case before and what was important was that people loved each other and what's the distinction between shia and sunni of sydney it's shameful treating people this way in iraq with all muslims there was . so much a muslim man asks for the hand of a muslim woman according to islamic tradition by fear and that's all but i think how it was at the end of the war that this division appears shia sunni. but yet now we've come to threats was headed how does a sunni there nary a shiite is that we're seeing as we look at this what if the alternative is to get divorced or die you know if you don't agree to get divorced you risk death you could think you're going to have a ship next in our neighborhood they shot a woman in front of her husband and children for the unique reason she was shia and he was sunni said that you know she. this morning i'm not just leaving baghdad i'm fleeing baghdad. but the city gates the soldier who checks out passports tells u
on shia my husband a sunni muslim had now after the war the two religions can't intermarry anymore that at the end of it that's when it wasn't the case before and what was important was that people loved each other and what's the distinction between shia and sunni of sydney it's shameful treating people this way in iraq with all muslims there was . so much a muslim man asks for the hand of a muslim woman according to islamic tradition by fear and that's all but i think how it was at the end of...
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but the cowardice they won't take on the muslim religion because they face a religion where some may issue fakuas, and the reporting on the religion that doesn't happen. let's report it as a story for what it is. it's heralded often by the mainstream media. president obama defends muslims, talks about america's tolerance. where is the tolerance and the right of christians to not be ridiculed. that's not being defended. >> do you think there is a double standard when it comes to mocking christianity, versus mocking, for example, islam? >> i don't think so. because american atheists, we mock islam all the time and i talk with muhammad's being a-- >> good gracious. >> what we're talking about, this specific case and not talking about mocking christianity and talking about people who are bigoted who use christianity as a shield for their bigotry. i want to make sure that everybody understands, bigotry against case is not a precept of christianity, there are lots of christian churches that aren't anti-gay. a lot of bigots on many sides will use christianity, use religion as a shield again
but the cowardice they won't take on the muslim religion because they face a religion where some may issue fakuas, and the reporting on the religion that doesn't happen. let's report it as a story for what it is. it's heralded often by the mainstream media. president obama defends muslims, talks about america's tolerance. where is the tolerance and the right of christians to not be ridiculed. that's not being defended. >> do you think there is a double standard when it comes to mocking...
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religion, an le can. ba drama. the gen theological sem ear, new york city master of divine -- divinity with distinction. ordination england. cambridge university the u.k., ph.d. divinity. bar college new york, professord currently. institute of director, ten years and currently. church of st. john the evangelist. 18 years and currently. author over 30 wook including the acclaimed rabbi jesus and rabbi paul and the brand new mary magdalene, a biography. hobby. squash, astronee, theater. the reverend dr. bruce david chillson. >> reverend dr. chilton, this is your portrait here that you have chosen for the cover of your book. >>> you have the woman as described in had conversation between us. there is also this picture of st. mary magdalene by the artist 1533 in venice. that i believe is described in your book as the portrait in which mary wipes the feet of jesus -- wipes the body of jesus or was it the feet at the tomb? was it when he was living or dead? >> when he was alive, wiped the feet of jesus. >> she anointed
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thanks for joining us a couple of days ago bill o'reilly on fox news declared that there's a new war on religion let me just play this clip for you. the war in judeo christian tradition continues on in some public school districts in ten days it will be easter sunday but in some schools you are not allowed to say the word easter no easter they're having spring give that's moderated by a spring bunny at least in san diego i don't go for an easter or you know the war on christmas is now over because we're coming up to easter so you know it's important to have another new religious target from the liberals i think this is exactly the kind of thing we see all the time in months of the religious right in particular saying that there's a war that this military attack on some element of christianity and this is i mean this word of this conference this. broad sense of persecution this is why the histories important because you know you can't really say there's a war on christmas or easter that there really isn't so how do we get this idea and we get it from the early church we get it from the idea that
thanks for joining us a couple of days ago bill o'reilly on fox news declared that there's a new war on religion let me just play this clip for you. the war in judeo christian tradition continues on in some public school districts in ten days it will be easter sunday but in some schools you are not allowed to say the word easter no easter they're having spring give that's moderated by a spring bunny at least in san diego i don't go for an easter or you know the war on christmas is now over...
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, in most instances a lot of that is not about race or religion, it's because. perception that students that share certain religious traits also share certain ethnicities and that is discrimination and that falls under title 6. it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented partnership not just between our agencies but agencies across the federal government that the president has convened to bring our best resources and minds to bear to do something about it. there is now a web site, stopbullying.gov where a tool kit is being developed and these kinds of best practices are being promoted. the center for disease control, the division of violence prevention, an effort to use good data in research, they have released a come pend yum of common bullying tools. that's also available online. we are doing these conversations with community and the pres
, in most instances a lot of that is not about race or religion, it's because. perception that students that share certain religious traits also share certain ethnicities and that is discrimination and that falls under title 6. it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented...
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they care about christian religion, baptist religion, and they would like to have that inculturated throughout their life. you say the rich get richer but this religion stuff -- >> no, that became the core value. >> it's not libertarianism or religion. >> there's a lot of people worry at night. believe me, they're not sitting there saying, geez, let's have more tax breaks for the wealthy and more loopholes to corporates. >> that's where your party stands. >> we have fought that battle and it's a mistake. we've got to get back to talking to middle income people about how they can reach the american dream. that's why we lost pennsylvania and ohio, wisconsin, michigan. we've got to get back to having people feel like we understand their lives. we're not about just tax breaks for the wealthy. >> do you think -- i like your values here, by the way. i'd like to see your party really compete. democratic party offers pell grants, opportunities for working class kids to go to college, social security for people over 65 so they can avoid being below the poverty line. what has your party put up in that b
they care about christian religion, baptist religion, and they would like to have that inculturated throughout their life. you say the rich get richer but this religion stuff -- >> no, that became the core value. >> it's not libertarianism or religion. >> there's a lot of people worry at night. believe me, they're not sitting there saying, geez, let's have more tax breaks for the wealthy and more loopholes to corporates. >> that's where your party stands. >> we...
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first of all i want to tell you to relax, because gandhi says god has no religion. don't worry about it. >> hal: that's true. that's like saying beef has no restaurant. >> caller: god has no religion. >> hal: right. >> caller: second thing worrying about anti-semitism it has nothing to do with that it has to do with anti-zionism, which is a very destructive policy. >> hal: especially when it comes from evangelical christians in this country who believe in wiping out those that don't believe this christ -- the michele bachmanns of the world and sarah palins of the world, they are at the far arc of the movement which is get them all back to israel so that jesus can appear, and the ones that don't believe will have their throats sliced. they really do -- >> caller: listen, i'm glad you are bringing it up today, because all main stream media don't talk about that with the truth. if you are lived around the world as i have the picture of what is going on in israel and palestine is nothing like it is portrayed here. it is so one-sided here it's disgraceful. and finally i'
first of all i want to tell you to relax, because gandhi says god has no religion. don't worry about it. >> hal: that's true. that's like saying beef has no restaurant. >> caller: god has no religion. >> hal: right. >> caller: second thing worrying about anti-semitism it has nothing to do with that it has to do with anti-zionism, which is a very destructive policy. >> hal: especially when it comes from evangelical christians in this country who believe in wiping...